The 36 State Governors’ of the federation have doused the tension within the workers in the country over the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage as they have decided to comply and pay the stipulated amount.
The workers under the umbrella of Nigeria Labour Congress{NLC} had concluded plans to commence a three-day warning strike from Wednesday this week as a prelude to a general showdown should the various governors renege on the implementation.
However, at a meeting of the governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, they all agreed to comply with the provisions of the Minimum Wage Act.
The meeting was attended by majority of the governors at the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge.
According to the resolution reached, ‘The Forum resolved to comply with the provisions of the Minimum Wage Act and further agreed that individual states should commence implementation modalities.’
Sunday Tribune gathered that the implementation period may differ as the forum announced that it would depend on the term of agreement between the state and the labour union.
The forum also appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress to shelve both the warningstrike and the main one in the interest of the country.
In order to show the importance attached to the NLC and the impending warning strike, chairman of the NGF, Rotimi Amaechi, stated that he would meet the labour leadersin Abuja latest by Tuesday.
It unanimously agreed to intensify efforts on the issue of polio eradication campaign and would hold a quarterly sensitisation campaign in all the states to raise awareness on the scheduled dates which included August 13 2011, November 2011, February 11 2012 and May 12 2012.
The NGF condemned thefrightening security situation in Borno State and the attendant losses of lives and property, just as it called on the leadership of the area to do everything possible to curtail the situation.
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